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As I said I believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for a reason. I know that God is loving, fair and just. I do not see that in other churches.Typical lds evasive non-answer defaulting to a testimony when the questions get too difficult to answer truthfully.
Keeping the commandments does not include baptizing infants. It is very important to keep the commandments.
Thank you for your comments.
As I said I believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for a reason. I know that God is loving, fair and just. I do not see that in other churches.
There is only one God the Father and He is loving, fair and just. He makes it possible for ALL of His children to return to Him. None of them will be able to say He is unfair or unjust or that they weren't given the opportunity.If you don't believe our God is loving, fair and just, you should tell everyone, including your fellow Mormons, that we don't worship the same God!
There is only one God the Father and He is loving, fair and just. He makes it possible for ALL of His children to return to Him. None of them will be able to say He is unfair or unjust or that they weren't given the opportunity.
Thanks, but can you please answer the question that I asked? If babies do not need to be baptized because they are not sinful, then are Mormon eight year olds sinful by default?
I do not believe that Christ was sinful when He was baptized by St. John (and He was much older than eight or seven or whenever the 'age of reason' is in Mormonism), and I have a hard time believing that you do, either.
"why wasn't Christ baptized at age eight?" That should be obvious. Think about it for a minute..................Good questions and excellent point! All we need is a polite answer. For instance, why wasn't Christ baptized at age eight? ???
"why wasn't Christ baptized at age eight?" That should be obvious. Think about it for a minute..................
How old was John the Baptist when Jesus was eight?
God wanted John the Baptist to Baptize Jesus. People can get baptized any time after they turn eight.If God wanted children baptized at age eight He would have provided the way.
Book of Mormon, 1 Nephi 3
7 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.
Why would a just God not give everyone an equal opportunity to return to Him?Our God is perfect and Triune. A perfect God is NEVER unjust.
You talk about a Father god. He isn't ours.
Doctrine and Covenants 130
1–3, The Father and the Son may appear personally to men; 4–7, Angels reside in a celestial sphere; 8–9, The celestial earth will be a great Urim and Thummim; 10–11, A white stone is given to all who enter the celestial world; 12–17, The time of the Second Coming is withheld from the Prophet; 18–19, Intelligence gained in this life rises with us in the Resurrection; 20–21, All blessings come by obedience to law; 22–23, The Father and the Son have bodies of flesh and bones.
Doctrine and Covenants 130
Why would a just God not give everyone an equal opportunity to return to Him?
You are avoiding the question and insinuating that we do not follow God the Father. The Book of Mormon does not contradict the Bible. We follow the teachings of Jesus Christ given to Jesus Christ by God the Father. God is just, loving, and fair. I know He is, and I know that He gives EVERYONE the opportunity to return to Him. He loves ALL of His children. However some of His children choose not to obey. They choose to fight against the commandments.Why would a just God contradict the Bible as the Mormon gods do?
You are avoiding the question and insinuating that we do not follow God the Father.
The Book of Mormon does not contradict the Bible.
We follow the teachings of Jesus Christ given to Jesus Christ by God the Father.
God is just, loving, and fair. I know He is, and I know that He gives EVERYONE the opportunity to return to Him. He loves ALL of His children. However some of His children choose not to obey. They choose to fight against the commandments.
Yes sin and death did enter into the world:You don't. You follow Joseph Smith's and other Mormon leaders' idea of the same, as contained in the Mormon writings. Such things are not accepted in Christianity, so of course from a Christian perspective you would not be following God.
Let's see...
Did the fall of Adam make it so that men "might have joy" (2 Nephi 2:25), or was the fall the cause of sin and death entering into the world (Romans 5:12)? Sin and death are not joy.
You don't. You follow Joseph Smith's and other Mormon leaders' idea of the same, as contained in the Mormon writings. Such things are not accepted in Christianity, so of course from a Christian perspective you would not be following God.
Let's see...
Are we saved "after all that we can do" (2 Nephi 25:23), or are we saved by grace through faith in Christ (Ephesians 2:1)? (See also Romans 11:6)
You don't. You follow Joseph Smith's and other Mormon leaders' idea of the same, as contained in the Mormon writings. Such things are not accepted in Christianity, so of course from a Christian perspective you would not be following God.
Let's see...
Did Christ found His Church during the time of the apostles (Matthew 16:18; Acts 2:47), or before that among the Book of Mormon peoples who lived in BC times (Mosiah 18:17)?
If Christ brought His Church to the Americas first, what is it to you? What do any of these so called contradictions have to do with Christ't gospel? The answer is NOTHING.
Luke observed what was happening in his own area of the world. Luke disagreed with Mathew on who Joseph's father was:Hahahahaha. Oh my...
Obviously, He Is the Way, the point is to say that if the Holy Bible is claiming that the followers of Christ were first called Christians at Antioch, then anything that claims otherwise contradicts the Bible. Your belief in that other thing (as you express by writing "If Christ brought His Church to the Americas first", as that is the Mormon narrative) has no bearing on anything, just as my or any other person's disbelief in that other thing has no bearing on anything (so it doesn't matter "what it is to me"; I think you can guess how I feel about Mormon claims).
And now you are attempting to change the subject with your question of what any of these "so called contradictions have to do with Christ's gospel". I don't even know what you mean by that, but that's not the assertion that I was responding to (that they have XYZ to do with what you take to be "Christ's gospel"). I was responding to the initial assertion you made, that the Book of Mormon does not contradict the Bible.
You are quite simply wrong about that.
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